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Life In Early Medieval Wales

by Nancy Edwards

99,36€ + 10% CARD

 The period AD300--1050, spanning the collapse of Roman rule to the coming of the Normans, was formative in the development of Wales. This book uses archaeology and other evidence to uncover how people lived in late Roman and early medieval Wales and how their lives changed over time, as well as drawing comparisons with Britain and the wider world.
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Life In Early Medieval Wales

by Nancy Edwards

99,36€ + 10% CARD

 The period AD300--1050, spanning the collapse of Roman rule to the coming of the Normans, was formative in the development of Wales. This book uses archaeology and other evidence to uncover how people lived in late Roman and early medieval Wales and how their lives changed over time, as well as drawing comparisons with Britain and the wider world.
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Charlemagne And Rome - Alcuin And The Epitaph Of Pope Hadrian I

by Joanna Story

99,36€ + 10% CARD

 Using a vast range of sources and methods, from art history, epigraphy, palaeography, geology, archaeology, and architectural history, to close reading of contemporary texts in prose and verse, this book presents a detailed 'object biography', contextualising Hadrian's epitaph in its historical and physical setting at St Peter's over 800 years.
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Charlemagne And Rome - Alcuin And The Epitaph Of Pope Hadrian I

by Joanna Story

99,36€ + 10% CARD

 Using a vast range of sources and methods, from art history, epigraphy, palaeography, geology, archaeology, and architectural history, to close reading of contemporary texts in prose and verse, this book presents a detailed 'object biography', contextualising Hadrian's epitaph in its historical and physical setting at St Peter's over 800 years.
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Landscapes Of The Learned - Placing Gaelic Literati In Irish Lordships 1300-1600

by Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

82,14€ + 10% CARD

 Gaelic literati were an elite group in the social hierarchy of late medieval and early modern northern European societies, influencing many areas of public life, including education, law, medicine, farming, culture, and politics. FitzPatrick explores the archaeological and historical records to understand this intellectual culture and exercise of power.
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Landscapes Of The Learned - Placing Gaelic Literati In Irish Lordships 1300-1600

by Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

82,14€ + 10% CARD

 Gaelic literati were an elite group in the social hierarchy of late medieval and early modern northern European societies, influencing many areas of public life, including education, law, medicine, farming, culture, and politics. FitzPatrick explores the archaeological and historical records to understand this intellectual culture and exercise of power.
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Charlemagne And Rome - Alcuin And The Epitaph Of Pope Hadrian I

148,71€ + 10% CARD

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 Using a vast range of sources and methods, from art history, epigraphy, palaeography, geology, archaeology, and architectural history, to close reading of contemporary texts in prose and verse, this book presents a detailed 'object biography', contextualising Hadrian's epitaph in its historical and physical setting at St Peter's over 800 years.
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Landscapes Of The Learned - Placing Gaelic Literati In Irish Lordships 1300-1600

125,72€ + 10% CARD

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 Gaelic literati were an elite group in the social hierarchy of late medieval and early modern northern European societies, influencing many areas of public life, including education, law, medicine, farming, culture, and politics. FitzPatrick explores the archaeological and historical records to understand this intellectual culture and exercise of power.
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Anglo-Saxon Farms And Farming

by Rosamond (Visiting Fellow, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, Oxford) Faith

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 A study of farming in England before the Norman Conquest, in a period before trade was an important way of making a living, exploring what tools and methods were used in Anglo-Saxon farming, what kind of livestock was kept, and what crops were grown.
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Viking Identities - Scandinavian Jewellery In England

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 Surveys the jewellery worn by women in Scandinavian-settled areas of England in the Viking period, using many newly-discovered pieces to reveal the extent and nature of female participation in the Viking expansion, which is traditionally viewed as a largely masculine affair.
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The Open Fields Of England

by David (St Peter'S College, Oxford) Hall

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 The first study since 1915 to describe pre-enclosure agricultural systems throughout England from one of the foremost authorities on medieval field systems.
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Peasant Perceptions Of Landscape - Ewelme Hundred, South Oxfordshire, 500-1650

by Stephen Mileson e Stuart Brookes

104,66€ + 10% CARD

 This volume marks a change in the areas of landscape history and the history of everyday life, offering the first sustained analysis of how ordinary medieval and early modern people experienced and perceived their material environment and constructed their identities in relation to the places they lived, focussing on the area of Ewelme hundred.
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Peasant Perceptions Of Landscape - Ewelme Hundred, South Oxfordshire, 500-1650

by Stephen Mileson e Stuart Brookes

104,66€ + 10% CARD

 This volume marks a change in the areas of landscape history and the history of everyday life, offering the first sustained analysis of how ordinary medieval and early modern people experienced and perceived their material environment and constructed their identities in relation to the places they lived, focussing on the area of Ewelme hundred.
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Peasant Perceptions Of Landscape - Ewelme Hundred, South Oxfordshire, 500-1650

by Stephen (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, University Of Oxford) Mileson e Stuart (Senior Research Associate, Senior Research Associate, Ucl) Brookes

168,98€ + 10% CARD

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 This volume marks a change in the areas of landscape history and the history of everyday life, offering the first sustained analysis of how ordinary medieval and early modern people experienced and perceived their material environment and constructed their identities in relation to the places they lived, focussing on the area of Ewelme hundred.
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Perceptions Of The Prehistoric In Anglo-Saxon England - Religion, Ritual, And Rulership In The Landscape

by Sarah Semple

41,06€ + 10% CARD

 Represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities perceived and used these monuments during the period AD 400-1100.
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Silver, Butter, Cloth - Monetary And Social Economies In The Viking Age

107,31€ + 10% CARD

 Silver, Butter, Cloth discusses what constituted 'money' in the Viking Age, and how 'money' was used? It is widely accepted that silver constituted the main form of currency. Silver, Butter, Cloth examines how silver functioned as payment but also explores the monetary role of non-silver currencies in the Viking economy.
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Silver, Butter, Cloth - Monetary And Social Economies In The Viking Age

107,31€ + 10% CARD

 Silver, Butter, Cloth discusses what constituted 'money' in the Viking Age, and how 'money' was used? It is widely accepted that silver constituted the main form of currency. Silver, Butter, Cloth examines how silver functioned as payment but also explores the monetary role of non-silver currencies in the Viking economy.
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Kingship, Society, And The Church In Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire

by Thomas Pickles

104,66€ + 10% CARD

 A study of social organization, political power, conversion to Christianity, and church building in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire in 400-1066 AD, Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire argues that the decision of local kin-groups to convert to Christianity transformed kingship, society, and even the physical landscape.
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Kingship, Society, And The Church In Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire

by Thomas Pickles

104,66€ + 10% CARD

 A study of social organization, political power, conversion to Christianity, and church building in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire in 400-1066 AD, Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire argues that the decision of local kin-groups to convert to Christianity transformed kingship, society, and even the physical landscape.
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Anglo-Saxon Towers Of Lordship

by Michael G. Shapland

104,66€ + 10% CARD

 A detailed study of the towers constructed by lords at their residences across England during the late tenth and eleventh centuries. Although these towers contained chapels, their role in the exercise of secular power mean that that they provide a unique opportunity to study standing aristocratic architecture from before the Norman Conquest.
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Anglo-Saxon Towers Of Lordship

by Michael G. Shapland

104,66€ + 10% CARD

 A detailed study of the towers constructed by lords at their residences across England during the late tenth and eleventh centuries. Although these towers contained chapels, their role in the exercise of secular power mean that that they provide a unique opportunity to study standing aristocratic architecture from before the Norman Conquest.
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Silver, Butter, Cloth - Monetary And Social Economies In The Viking Age

162,23€ + 10% CARD

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 Silver, Butter, Cloth discusses what constituted 'money' in the Viking Age, and how 'money' was used? It is widely accepted that silver constituted the main form of currency. Silver, Butter, Cloth examines how silver functioned as payment but also explores the monetary role of non-silver currencies in the Viking economy.
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Liturgy, Architecture, And Sacred Places In Anglo-Saxon England

by Helen (Lecturer In Medieval History, University Of Kent) Gittos

71,65€ + 10% CARD

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 One of the first studies to consider how church rituals were performed in Anglo-Saxon England. Brings together evidence from written, archaeological, and architectural sources. It will be of particular interest to architectural specialists keen to know more about liturgy, and church historians who would like to learn more about architecture.
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Anglo-Saxon Farms And Farming

by Debby Banham e Rosamond Faith

41,06€ + 10% CARD

 Studies farming in England before the Norman Conquest, in a period before trade was an important way of making a living, exploring what tools and methods were used in Anglo-Saxon farming, what kind of livestock was kept, and what crops were grown.
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